Oddly named song title aside, Timberlake has continued his "Take Back the Night" push with an accompanying video. It starts off promisingly enough: Timberlake channels Gene Kelly and Michael Jackson while grooving on a Chinatown sidewalk. It's JT at his musical best, dancing and having fun; it lacks the silly pretentiousness of the artsy spectacle that is "Tunnel Vision" (in which, for whatever reason, naked models pose and "dance" awkwardly through shadows imposed on the singer's face).

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Beyond that, though, the video for "Take Back the Night" is rather static, and adds little visually to the music. (Unless you count his weirdly fascinating shirt, which makes him look like he's wearing a bulletproof vest.) Much like the song, which runs for nearly six fairly monotonous minutes, the video jumps right out at you and then just levels off. Once again, Timberlake has a good idea, and then he coasts, failing to mix things up.